St. George Regional Business Bank
Women in Business EnGeneIC Luncheon
Guest Speaker
Dr Jennifer MacDiarmid PhD
Joint Managing Director - EnGeneIC
Managing My Busy Life..…..
Wednesday 10th October, 2012
at
The Butterfactory Restaurant
739 Greenwell Point Road, Pyree
October is normally our
PINK lunch which is about raising funds
for a very worthy charity the Cancer Council, however this year we are changing
our charity to EnGeneIC.
EnGeneIC’s
mission is to change the perception of cancer from life threatening to curable.
They aim to revolutionise the treatment of cancer through the targeted delivery
of therapeutic-agents directly to cancer cells. The proprietary EnGeneIC
Delivery Vehicle (EDV) can be used as a platform for the creation of tailor-made
cancer therapies, dramatically minimising the side effects commonly associated
with chemotherapy and improving outcomes for patients.
EnGeneIC
is a totally owned Australian Company, looking for funding to continue its
research, so please join us to help this company from being taken over by an
overseas pharmaceutical company and keep it in Australia.
Dr
MacDiarmid and Joint Managing Director Dr Himanshu Brahmbhatt have featured on
Australian Story twice and have a remarkable story to
tell.
Jennifer is the founder & Managing Director of EnGeneIC Ltd where together with Dr Himanshu Brahmbhatt, she has developed minicells, derived from bacteria, with special properties which allow them to be packed with both conventional anti-cancer drugs and a relatively new anti-cancer therapeutic called small interfering RNA (siRNA).
Both Jennifer and Himanshu have also set up the EnGeneIC Cancer Research Foundation. This foundation is committed to supporting Australian research in developing targeted cancer treatments, particularly funding patients into clinical trials and for rare tumours. The foundation also supports young Australian scientists through scholarships to complete a PhD program or post-doctoral studies.
